Retrograde for thousands of years

Chapter 512 The Wheel of the Era
"Lay down your arms and surrender, all we want is money."

Such shouts came from outside, and at the same time there was the sound of guns roaring. The younger brother beside him looked at him in horror, but Huo Chongjun shook his head firmly.

The convoy of 52 people was about to arrive at the largest port in the eastern part of the Southern Continent when it was targeted by a group of gangsters. Now the team of more than 30 people was besieging everyone.

Am I going to die here?
Huo Chongjun took a deep breath, but couldn't help thinking of his choice.

As a person from the Southern Continent, he was extremely smart since he was a child. When he grew up, he was admitted to the Luolin National University and received a scholarship from the Empire. If it were not for family factors, he would probably work in the Empire and become one of its citizens.

He would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, so he finally decided to stay. After graduating from college, he stayed in Luo Lin Kingdom and became the local representative of a large enterprise in the empire. He worked hard and had a happy family. Then……

"Brother, let's surrender..."

The younger brother said again, including other men, with a look of fear on their faces, but in this era of war and chaos, would the gangsters really let everyone live?

If you surrender, there is still a one percent chance of survival...

He couldn't help but think of his choice.

Before the economic crisis, he was a middle-level white-collar worker in Luo Linguo, and his life was very satisfactory. Despite the local corruption and social instability, he still felt a little lucky.

Although he had two opportunities to work in the Empire and finally immigrated to the Empire with the opportunity of a work visa, he finally gave up. He had a large family and relatives, including a local business network, so how could he be willing to leave.

Then, after the economic crisis occurred, he hesitated again. It was not until the vanguard of the Red Order approached the city that he made up his mind to escape...

Everyone who is abandoned by the times is a hindsight.

He didn't know why, but he suddenly remembered this sentence. Maybe he should have understood it a long time ago.

"Surrender, brother, maybe they will spare us..."

"So what about sister-in-law and your girlfriend? Can they survive?"

Huo Chongjun smiled miserably and shook his head gently.

"When I die, surrender!"

He stood up suddenly, ready to shoot.

"Bang bang bang!"

At this time, dull gunfire suddenly came from the distance. The gunfire was not fast, but very rhythmic. Huo Chongjun saw the gangsters falling to the ground one by one like rice.

No matter where they hide, they are always hit by bullets.

Ten minutes later, a man wearing civilian clothes calmly walked over and killed the remaining gangsters with a bayonet.

……

Zhou Huan inspected the gangsters he had killed and was not worried at all that he had killed the wrong person.

This group of gangsters dressed as horse-killing chickens, each with a steampunk look, hung their heads on the back of motorcycles. Could such a person be a good person?

It is not hard for Zhou Huan to follow Xin Shisi Niang. In addition to the help of a satellite, Zhou Huan also tracks her location through smell. After returning from the cycle of life and death in the Xichuan Realm, some of Zhou Huan's abilities have been significantly improved, such as his sense of smell. .

This made it easy for him to track Xin Shiniang.

Following is not tailgating. Zhou Huan does not need to follow Xin Shisi Niang all day long. Moreover, looking at what the girl did, Zhou Huan couldn't help but ask himself.

Have I slacked off a bit?

Am I being arrogant?
Everyone who is abandoned by the times is a hindsight.

He stared at the rescued people and sighed slightly in his heart.

You know some things, you understand them, but if you don’t have personal experience, or refuse to see or observe them, you don’t know how miserable they are.Following Xin Shisi Niang, Zhou Huan saw many things in the past three months.

The cruel and heartless feudal lords, the martial arts masters who do evil, the local elites who think of themselves, and the people who are desperate for the future.

Weakness and ignorance are not sins, arrogance is.

After decades of various twists and turns, the Imperial Alliance used various means to plunder the wealth of the Southern Continent, making this land increasingly barren and the gap between rich and poor widening. Then came a financial crisis like a storm, which directly Destroyed a lot of things.

Then, the most desperate places often breed the most violent flames.

But...did Zhou Huan notice this situation?

It doesn't matter, wait a little longer, and then rebuild the country. The worse it is here, the easier it will be to clean it up in the future.

Then, the Order of Fire came out to do something.

Although Shaolin Wudang sects were pressed and rubbed on the ground by the empire and Zhou Huan, the effect of force was mutual. After each orgasm, their successors also understood why they failed back then!
So they learned their lesson, began to cultivate deeply on this land, and began to work wholeheartedly, without seeking to cultivate the land for a while.

"Mr. Li, thank you, thank you very much."

The group of people who were rescued ran out from behind the car and thanked Zhou Huan. They knew from Zhou Huan's ID card that Zhou Huan, who had changed his appearance, was a ranger from the empire.

Zhou Huan has no ill feelings towards this group of people. These days, the empire's external propaganda and Xin Shiniang's propaganda are incompatible with each other, but they are both understandable.

Among this group of people are doctors, businessmen, nurses, and programmers. They are the elites of this country, working hard to maintain a negligible happiness. These are law-abiding people.

It’s just that you have some money and some ability, so you’re more flexible.

"Mr. Wang, can you escort us to the eastern port? I know this request is unreasonable, but..."

The speaker was a mother in her 20s. She looked at Zhou Huan pitifully and took out gold and imperial currency.

"I don't want money, but I have a mission. I can walk with you for a while. I may leave at any time. Also, you must obey my orders on the way, do you understand?"

Saving a group of people casually was nothing. Anyway, Xin Shisi Niang was heading towards a port in the east.

"Thank you, thank you."

The group of people thanked them crazily. There was a martial arts master following them. I don’t know how much safety would be improved along the way!

The convoy moved forward slowly, passing over some bodies lying on the road.

Just like the wheel of the times, I don’t know who will run over this time.

Just like the conservative Huashan Sect back then, it was not Zhou Huan who crushed them, but the era, which did not allow them to do things like that.

So, at this moment, will Zhou Huan become a blocker of the times?
At this moment, if you look from space, you can see that countless refugees are flocking to the ports of the Eastern Continent, which are already overcrowded, and the leading troops of the Flame Order are also heading towards the Eastern ports.

A big battle is about to start.

……

As for the debate about becoming the emperor with a strong army and a strong horse, as mentioned in the previous chapter, you will know if you look at history. After the Weishui Alliance in the Tang Dynasty, the Turks were swept away, and the Ming Dynasty continued to sweep the Mongols, etc. These were successful cases, but what about the failures?There are so many examples of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Later Tang Dynasty, etc. If you want to unify, you must meet the test of foreign races and so on. If you succeed, you will be Taizu, otherwise it will be the end of the Later Tang Dynasty, etc. Why Liu Yu went to the Northern Expedition, etc., this is what it means.

A foot of water can be crossed in one leap, but this leap is not easy. Many people have seen successful examples in history, but there are many more failures than successes. Even a peerless strongman like Liu Yu , have never gotten past this level of water, and had to rush to the top.

What would happen if his Northern Expedition succeeded?

My body has recovered in the past two days, so the updates may not be on time, so please understand.

(End of this chapter)